7th Heaven is the 7th installment of James Patterson's Women's Murder Club. (The review of the 6th book in this series, The 6th Target, is below under "older posts.") Unlike several other continuing series books, Patterson continues to do a great job keeping his story-lines fresh, exciting, brutal and spell-binding.
Like prior books in this series, the setting for 7th Heaven is modern day San Francisco. Four of the lead characters are members of their self-titled "Women's Murder Club." Lindsey is a detective with the San Francisco Police Department. Yuki is a San Francisco Assistant District Attorney. Claire is the Medical Examiner. And, the fourth and final member of the Women's Murder Club is Cindy, crime reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. These four women work together to solve many of San Francisco's highest profile and most brutal crimes.
7th Heaven is two crime stories. The first is the disappearance of the ailing teenage son of one of California's former governors. The second criminal story-line is the arson murders of several wealthy couples.
One of the reasons I enjoy this series so much is because Patterson weaves the personal lives of these four women into his mysteries. Claire is pregnant. Lindsey is having issues with her boyfriend Joe and her steamy attraction to her detective partner, and her apartment catches fire in the middle of an arson investigation. Yuki finds a new, albeit quirky, love interest as she faces prosecuting one of the biggest cases of her career and continues to deal with the death of her mother. And Cindy continues to seek out alternate sources for her newspaper stories to keep from breaching her trust with her crime fighting friends.
As with all of the books in this series, this book is a hard-to-put-down mystery. Patterson does not get bogged down in the minutiae of forensic detail making this an easier read than some other crime fiction. He also knows enough about San Francisco and the surrounding areas to get the setting details right.
7th Heaven is another suspense-filled, enjoyable read in Patterson's Women's Murder Club Series.
7th Heaven
Authors: James Patterson (and Maxine Paetro)
Available formats:
Hardback, February 2008, 376 pages, approximate cost $20
Hardback, Large Print, February 2008, 435 pages, approximate cost $22
Audio, Compact Disc, Abridged, read by Carolyn McCormick, February 2008, approximate cost $22
Audio, Compact Disc, Unabridged, read by Carolyn McCormick, February 2008, approximate cost $29
Other books by James Patterson are too many to mention in this space (more than 40). The books listed here are James Patterson books I have read.
Women's Murder Club Series:
The 6th Target, Patterson (and Maxine Paetro), 2007
The 5th Horseman, Patterson (and Maxine Paetro), 2006
4th of July, Patterson (and Maxine Paetro), 2005
3rd Degree, Patterson (and Andrew Gross), 2005
2nd Chance, Patterson (and Andrew Gross), 2003
1st to Die, 2002
Alex Cross Series:
Four Blind Mice, 2003
Along Came A Spider, 1993
Others:
Maximum Ride, 2006
The Lake House, 2004
The Beach House, Patterson (and Peter de Jonge), 2003
When the Wind Blows, 1999
To learn more about the author James Patterson, visit: http://www.jamespatterson.com/
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